RASMALAI WITH MILK POWDER

INGREDIENTS
1 litre milk
1/2 cup sugar
2 cardamom pods
A pinch of saffron
1 egg, beaten
1 cup full-fat milk powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
Handful flaked almonds, to garnish
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Plain flour, if need

METHOD

• Heat milk in a wide and thick bottomed pan. Once the milk comes to  boil, add sugar, cardamom and saffron and reduce the heat, letting the milk thicken
• In a bowl add the beaten egg, milk powder, ground cardamom and baking powder. Mix them into a dough. You will find that the dough will be really sticky which is fine. At this stage add a little vegetable oil so it becomes easy to handle. If your egg is big, you may need to add a little plain flour to make it easy to roll the dough. Do not over knead

• Apply a little oil on your palms and start rolling little portions of the dough into small balls. It is important to keep the balls as small as you can as they will swell up once you add them in milk
  

• Add the balls one by one into the thickened milk. Make sure at this stage the gas flame is really low so that the balls are cooked slowly. Do not touch the balls at this stage or they will break

• Add the almond flakes and let them gently cook in the milk for another 10 minutes before the balls start floating on top and the milk has thickened further. Turn the heat off and let it cool down.then put it into fridge for chilling